Our game, Throwball, was a game inspired from both baseball and basketball, and also slightly influenced by Quidditch, an international sport from the Harry Potter world. In throwball, students throw a baseball/tennis ball across the court, and try to throw the ball into the hoop on either sides of the court. The court is exactly the same as the basketball court, except for the fact that the baskets were switched with hoops about the size of 4 human heads. Because the court is the same as the basketball court, most of the rules are also the same as basketball; if a player scores from outside of the three point line, it is three points, if a player scores inside of the three point line, it is two points, and if a player scores by a free throw, it is one point. There are five players in throwball; 2 defenders and 3 forwards, even though the game can be played with more players. Although there are defenders, the defenders cannot act like the goalies in soccer; they cannot stay right in front of the hoop and stop other players from getting it inside the hoop. Also, in throwball, if one drops the ball on the floor, the possession goes over to the other team; same as when the ball goes of the court, or when you travel (walk) with the ball in your hand. If the player commits certain violations, like kicking, pushing, tripping, hitting or tackling, the player from the opposing team that got kick, pushed, tripped, hit or tackled, gets a free throw to into the hoop from the free throw line. The same goes for when one holds a player back (makes contact with another player); the player that got held back gets a free throw. If the offenses listed above are made inside the free throw lane, then the player offended gets two free throws. We came up with this game during the first class, as we were talking through different games we could make up. We brainstormed different types of existing games, such as basketball, baseball, tennis, golf, volleyball and soccer, and we got ideas from them, but we were especially inspired by baseball and basketball. We drew the court out, and planned the game out in the paper that Dr. Caparo gave us. We came up with some basic rules, and some of them derived from basketball. We presented the game in front of the class on Friday by holding the computer, with the powerpoint in the presentation mode. Although we could’ve been a bit more loud, which could’ve made our presentation more engaging, I believe our presentation wasn’t badly delivered. The game went well, the students that played the game liked the game. Iker said that our game was simple and well-planned out and easy to understand, which made it fun to play, and Dan Lee agreed. He said that our game was nice and entertaining. I would rate our game a 7 out of 8 because it was simple and easy to understand. Although we could’ve made the game a bit more original and hard to play (as it was too easy to score and get points), our game was still fun, and people were extremely engaged when they played our game. Below are videos of the presentation, interview and game play:
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